Limited edition No. Title page vignette. Sm 8vo. Original black cloth very slightly worn else fine. Daragon Histoire des petites maisons galantes. Three quarter green cloth and marbled boards. Fine with original wrappers bound in. Full burgundy crushed morocco. Spine ends chipped with portions lacking joints cracked but professionally repaired with cloth corners rubbed. Internally fine. This is a facsimile reproduction of "A Peep behind the Curtain or Select Dialogues from Mersius" which was printed in London for Robert Thomas Anderson in and is now virtually unobtainable.

It does not appear to be directly related to "The Dialogues of Luisa Sigea" translated from the Latin by Nicholas Chorier and published in 3 volumes in by Isidore Liseux. Limited Edition number of 95 copies on Annam pur chiffon de Rives of an entire edition of copies. Printed paper wrapper red sueded sliding case with chemise. Internally fine very minor rubbing to case. Magnificent illustrations.

Soft cover. Very Good. Original wrappers.

Recent editions

As is the case with much of this vintage material quite fragile. Yet still surprisingly bright considering its age. Cover states but likely later circa Later Fifth edition. Contemporary mottled calf joints split but cords holding spine somewhat rubbed interior fine.

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Bookplate of Hayford Peirce. First printed in the book enjoyed some celebrity and was reprinted several times throughout the century. Very pretty contemporary polished mottled calf spines gilt leather labels a. Eight short plays on the theme of love and dalliance.

Gilt detailt. Two green shields on spine with gilt letters stating both author and title. Signed by binder on lower turn-in in the back. Original covers including spine bound in. Topedge pages gilt. Marbled endpapers. With colour illustrations by Edelmann, including two frontispieces in colour. With slipcase which shows some wear. In the back there is an extra suite in black and white of all illustrations. This is number of copies printed on papier de Rives. Noteworthy is that the suite of black and white illustrations is not mentioned for this edition though it is mentioned for the 21 copies printed on Hollande.

I found only one copy elsewhere printed on Rives which mentions the suite, other copies do not mention it and do not contain the suite? Beautiful copy in a fine binding. Dison, J. Hardcover in slipcase.

Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crebillon

Bound in full leather by J. With gilt decoration. Topedge of pages gilt. Limited edition of 52 printed on Verger Antique complete edition consists of 3 on Ingres, 52 on Verger Antique and printed on Verger bouffant. This is number 27, one of 52 printed on Verger Antique. Author has written a small message to Jean Mauhin, the binder of this book. Conditie: Very good condition.

Paris, Edition Privee, Conditie: Very good, Bound in three quarter morocco leather with marbled board. Five raised bands on spine. Gilt letters on spine. Two ex libris plates. Printed in a limited edition of copies, this being number Edition Privee. Paper bears watermark.

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Studia Litterarum.

Relentless Past (Shadows Book 2).

A little foxing but contents for age in good condition. Nicely bound copy of this rare edition. Erotic Erotica. Amsteldam Amsterdam , De Erfgenaamen van J. Lescailje en D. Rank op de Beurssluis, Conditie: Very good, Bound in contemporary full vellum bindings.

Title, author and volumenumbers written in ink on spines. Volume one with frontispiece N. Vercolje pin. Surugue fec. Frontispiece dated in plate Page 57 up to 60 of volume one bound after page Titlepages printed in red and black with vignets. Bindings in good condition considering their age. Contents with some foxing, some pages a little browned, and some spots here and there, overall contents in good condition. Katharyne Lescailje was a remarkable woman.

She was a poet, translator, publisher and bookdealer in a time when women did rarely see their work published. The first two volumes are filled with her poetry, the third and last volume contains the seven plays she translated, six of which where staged in the Amsterdam theater.